Direct and Representative democracy

Question 1

What is Direct democracy

Answer 1

Voters in direct democracy make their own political decisions and are directlty involved in political decisons.

Question 2

What is a Refferendum?
Examples

Answer 2

Voters vote direclty on an issue and goverments create policies around the responce.
2016 UK Refferendum- 33 millions Brits involed if they should leave or remain in the EU.

Question 3

Examples of how people can be directley involed in Poltics

Answer 3

Online Petitons- Goverment have set up online petitons to get people to be involed in politics
100,000 signitures required for the petition to be introduced.
Topics must be sponsered by the backbench committe

Question 4

Examples of Online Petitons

Answer 4

1.6 Million Brits signed a petiton to stop Trump from entering the UK.
Mp’s then debated Trumps visit and it was changed from a state visit to a working visit